Are there any workouts that any of you have been dying to do again (to gauge performance improvements)? Workouts that involve coaching and equipment? Not workouts that anyone can do on their own...
Let me know, and I'll see if I can slip them into the programming. I can't make any promises though.
This is a pretty interesting TEDx talk. I have personal experience with Alzheimer's disease so it's fairly relevant to me.
TEDxIowaCity - Dr. Terry Wahls - Minding Your Mitochondria
Any time someone says "my daughter and her friends love them" I immediatly click off, but her message is legit. More veggies, more PROPERLY raised meats. Less garbage, less processed food; and your cells start working properly. NUTRIENT DENSITY.
She says that it's more expensive, but I disagree. Personally, I don't buy things that aren't nutritious so I figure it breaks even. In fact, I recently ate dinner with a friends. I bought a pound of ground beef (from grass-fed cows) at 6.99/lb and a bag of spinach for like 2 bucks. That's less than 10 buck, and quite a bit of food for a normal person (I ate it all in one sitting because I'm awesome like that). Now imagine something cheap, like pasta. Buuuuuuut, you gotta put some sauce on that, and if you're making your won, then you're buyig a whole bunch of other stuff. The cheapest jar of sauce (not paste) is a good 3 bucks. Now you probably want something with a little more substance along side, perhaps some meat.. you see the picture I'm painting? The individual parts are cheap, but it takes a lot of them. I opt for maximal quality of the important things and forgo the junk and use my budget as an excuse to others... It works.
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/242516-Heart-Surgeon-Speaks-Out-On-What-Really-Causes-Heart-Disease
It seems a bit arrogant to think that just because an individual impressed a group of predecessors that he or she can now maniplutate and adulterate the world per his agenda or as he sees fit.
"Nature made it this way and it has worked this way for billions of years? Nah, we doctors and scientists know better! What can possibly go wrong?"
I get very sceptical about recommendations and "truths" that come from government organizations, even if there sits a panel of highly qualified researchers. Dollars don't have college degrees.
Great post! Impressive story.
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1min of thruster, slam ball, push press, clean, and row each.
Battle rope is always fun ^_^
You beat me to it... I was thinking about this last night while going to bed. These "fight gone bad" workouts definitely came to mind. They're killer.
DeleteYep. Been looking to throw that one in sometime soon hopefully
DeleteOh that's BHIP Gone Bad! But the timing is changed, we've done that twice over the past year and the first time we did it with 5 cycles, 1 min rest in between movements and I think 3mins in between cycles. then the next time we did it they dropped it to 3 cycles with 30 seconds of rest in between.
DeleteThank you for posting Dr. Wahls' lecture! It saddens me that so much of our scientific research is dependent on big pharm and those "solutions" only seems to mask the symptoms, not solve the cause of the illness! More funding is needed for her type of research!
ReplyDeleteBig time! Especially when you know people or have people close to you afflicted with some of these disorders and you realize that maybe it could have been prevented..
DeleteUnfortunately the "funding" is where the problems really lie, in my opinion. I think that if Shell Oil wanted to scientifically show that burning fossil fuels is actually good for the environment, they could afford to do so.
Yup! I have formed a habit of finding out who support certain research before reading the articles. They only support what they believe in. What is the "truth" really? :-(
DeleteI remember two person team doing 8x farmer carry w/ k-bells going up the stairs while partner did bench dips. The last 10 steps with 35# in each hand... oh man. Maybe we have too many people in class to do this with 2 people, but it could be extended to larger groups with additional movement(s).
ReplyDeleteAlso, I'll never say 'no' to the sleds. They put the HI in HIIT.
Personally, I'd like to tap Cindy again, and my personal favorites_ the Bear Complex and Curtis P. It's always good to do a Death by 10 to see if we can breathe deeper longer. :O
ReplyDeleteDitto the Curtis Ps.
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ReplyDeleteInteresting article. I'm curious though why no one addresses family history because I'm sure we've all known people where certain health issues run in the family. Or is that old school thinking when it comes to heart disease?
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High Rep Wall-Balls...I think it was either 100 or 150. I forget.
100 Burpees
Max Push Press
And there's a host of others you could review but you asked for ones we've done before.
10 ROUNDS FOR TIME:
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9 deadlifts
8 push-ups
7 broad jumps
I always love a good Bear.
ReplyDeleteQuestion about home equipment - I've been contemplating purchasing some of the smaller resistance bands. We did some warm up drills with them awhile back and they made my legs melt. It was awesome. Do you think they're a worth while purchase for a person not rehabbing an injury? Any killer workouts with these bad boys?
There's always utility in those things.. You can always wrap them around something and pull a joint apart.
DeleteMobilitywod.com has been referenced quite a few times. Kelly Starrett uses bands all the time to open up joints and improve movement for a lot of the workouts we do. Don't sleep on the power of the band. They're great for hip and shoulder work. I saw one video recently that REALLY helps the shoulder when doing push presses.
DeleteI second the death by 10 meters vote!
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ReplyDeleteTabata core workout (leg levers, front and side planks, hollow rocks, and flutter kicks).
ReplyDeleteDrake snake for time.
ReplyDeleteIt would be nice if there was an ongoing WOD Log so that we could refer back when looking for ideas for work on our own
ReplyDeleteThat is what your BHIP notebook for! Keep your own records
DeleteBingo.
Delete@ Dave check out Beyond the Whiteboard and yeah, use your BHIP notebook, not only to put together WOD's but to see your progression in strength and conditioning.
ReplyDeleteRUS: loved the modified WOD today 3/19: the DL's sneak up on you in the end. I finished in 14:00 with 175#, 83% of my max.
Well done!
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